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Persian
Etymology
Formed of گفتن (goftan, “to say, speak”) + ـار (-âr).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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guftār
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Dari reading?
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guftār
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Iranian reading?
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goftâr
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Tajik reading?
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guftor
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Noun
Dari
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گفتار
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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гуфтор
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گفتار • (goftâr)
- speech
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian گُفْتَار (guftār).
Pronunciation
Noun
گُفْتار • (guftār) f (Hindi spelling गुफ़्तार)
- speech, discourse
Declension
Declension of گفتار
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singular
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plural
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direct
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گفتار (guftār)
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گفتاریں (guftārẽ)
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oblique
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گفتار (guftār)
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گفتاروں (guftārõ)
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vocative
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گفتار (guftār)
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گفتارو (guftāro)
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Further reading
- “گفتار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گفتار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گفتار”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.